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Effects of the benthic cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula on larval recruitment of the reef corals Acropora surculosa and Pocillopora damicornis

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Acknowledgements

We thank Brent Womersley, Chris Bassler and Sonia Shjegstad for assistance in the field and laboratory. We also thank the Bob Richmond laboratory for their assistance with obtaining Acropora surculosa gametes. This is contribution number 83 of the US ECOHAB program, sponsored by NOAA, NSF, EPA, NASA, and ONR, and contribution number 557 of the University of Guam Marine Laboratory. Although the research described in this article has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency through grant number R82–6220, it has not been subjected to the Agency’s required peer and policy review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

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  1. Ilsa B. Kuffner

    Present address: Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th Street South, 33701, St. Petersburg, FL

  2. Valerie J. Paul

    Present address: Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, 34949, Fort Pierce, FL

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Kuffner, I.B., Paul, V.J. Effects of the benthic cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula on larval recruitment of the reef corals Acropora surculosa and Pocillopora damicornis. Coral Reefs 23, 455–458 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0416-8

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